Quoting "Alan B. Pearce" <A.B.Pearce@rl.ac.uk>:

>> I had a capacitor one time that had "10e9" printed on it; I went to the
>> wall chart to see what it was, and to my delight it was 10 nanofarrads.
>> I was actually surprised that the manufacturer actually showed some cop on.
>
> Hmm, wonder how you will get on with SMD capacitors that don't have
> markings - not even colour bands ...

And SMT resistors below 0402..

When stuff is assembled and tested by machine, there's really very  
little need for markings at all. Mostly it will never be repaired, and  
for in-house testing and rework, they have big maps of what should be  
where (with coordinates).

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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